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Re:Ubisoft about to take away games you bought by autoexec on Saturday August 06, 2022 @05:57PM (#32371935)
> Getting a game via disk is no different from getting a game via the internet.

Not true, because publishers or other middlemen can't censor the games that are on my shelf. My shelf also won't remove music from my games after license disputes arise. My shelf doesn't care if my ISP is down or if cloudflare experiences an outage either.

If I burn down my shelf, or step on a disk I'm on the hook for replacing the games. Physical media comes with its own vulnerabilities, but at least those are mainly in my control.

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Re:Ubisoft about to take away games you bought by xboxnolifes on Saturday August 06, 2022 @07:43PM (#32372601)
> Not true, because publishers or other middlemen can't censor the games that are on my shelf.

Sure they can. Tons of games sold on physical disk only had part of the game on the disk, with the remainder requiring internet access to download. Particularly more recent AAA games that are tens of gigabytes.

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Re:Ubisoft about to take away games you bought by autoexec on Saturday August 06, 2022 @09:14PM (#32372986)
That's not a problem with physical media through, it's a problem with companies who don't actually sell their games on it.
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